Rick O'Shea
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Activities
Before joining RTÉ 2fm in 2001, he had worked for East Coast Radio,[5] Atlantic 252, South East Radio and FM104. Rick had previously been involved with hospital radio.[6] O'Shea presented the weekday afternoon show on 2fm until 2015, when the show was moved to the weekend schedule.[7][8]
He presented The Poetry Programme on RTÉ Radio 1 in 2015 and 2016.[9]
O'Shea was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 16.[10] and has been a patron of Epilepsy Ireland, formerly known as Brainwave, the Irish Epilepsy Association, since 2006.[11] He represented the charity in an Irish celebrity version of the quiz show Mastermind in 2012, winning the competition.[12][13]
He runs the Rick O’Shea Book Club, Ireland's largest book club,Template:Primary source inline with over 28,000 members, and recommends the Eason Must Reads lists four times a year with author Sinéad Moriarty. He is currently presenting The Book Show on RTÉ Radio 1.[14][15]
Awards and nominations
O'Shea has been nominated for Best Irish Radio DJ at the Meteor Music Awards on three occasions, in 2002,[16] 2008[17] and 2009.[18] In 2009, he was winner of Entertainment.ie's "Sexiest Radio Voice" award.[19]
References
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